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For us, I think LO didn't not like the food, she just didn't understand how to eat it. So she would spit it out and then make a face. It took about a week for her to finally keep the food in her tummy. She's still pretty inconsistent about it, sometimes she'll eat the whole thing of sweet potatoes and sometimes she doesn't want one bite. I just go with the flow, let her eat what she wants and if she doesn't want it, no big deal, we try again the next day. Food isn't for nutrition now, they have formula and breastmilk for that, so it really doesn't matter if she doesn't eat solids now.

charlie eats a lot of things now that he didn't like at first, and he was really picky until he was 18 months or so. he still does not like eating, but when he does eat there is a pretty wide range of foods he will eat.

how bout trying something sweet like bananas? i've read that it actually doesn't matter what you introduce first (veggies or fruits)... they won't develop a sweet tooth if you introduce sweets first.

@BabyLove: i started with fruit and my daughter actually loves veggies a lot more! her favorites now are green beans, edamame, and zucchini.

The very first thing I ever gave LO was banana. Then pears (she LOVES)...THEN cereal and butternut squash. Sometimes I'll mix pears with her cereal (not completely mix, just swirl so it's almost marbled) and she likes it together. In what I've read, and like Mrs. Bee said, it doesn't matter what you start with. I think the idea that LO will develop a preference for sweet is up for debate.

There were a few veggies and fruits that my LO didn't like at first. But we kept reintroducing them and eventually he started liking some of them. I would say to keep trying every few weeks or so. Baby's taste buds change so much and something they like/dislike today, they may like/dislike tomorrow. I think it's important to continue reintroducing the foods so that they get accustomed to different tastes and textures. I've also heard from alot of mommies that sometimes it's the texture, not the taste necessarily, that the baby's don't like. This was totally true for us in regards to bananas. He hated the texture of smashed bananas. So we tried feeding it to him in tiny cubes and he liked it.